New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-25
SP1RKSS VIEW OF HIS OWN CASE.
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| ,u.r ur THINKS OF HIS IMPORTANCE TO THE
| ADMINIsTRATION-us POSSIBLE RETiREMENI'
WILMINGTON Oct "a tSpcciaD.-This is the form In
which tho expected official denial OF tho statement III
Yesterdays TRIBUNE that Commissioner SPARKS feS'S
nation had been asked appears In a Washington even
| Ing paper: . ,n,o,,ooa
tha so ar as that could speak, there was no truth
In the report OF the Land Commissioners ehfoceo re'
| ment
Tho reporter then took rTE TRIBr>E article aho
showed it to Commissioner Sparks. Tho paper says
lie read It over very deliberately, and calling attention
70 the clause alleging that Mr.. Sparks thinks he Is o'
more Importance to the Administration than the Acmh-
straon Is TO him, he remarked Well there may "
something in that. There people in this country
rho nrobably aarce in tina. view. think that have
honestly earned all have over got out OF TINS once ar,
about forty thousand times more ana the popo GarcraI
sparks added that his relations with the Administration
were all right the Interior pepas,ne"' "0''u
II will be observed that General" Sparks modestly
confirms that part OF tho paragraph which stated that
no thought himself to DO OF more Importance 10 inc
Administration than tho Administration Is 10 MN. IL
may DO that within few days he VIII be In po,on
TO confirm other parts OF tho paragraph ationgh It
| Is tlue that no has all extremely strong hom Old
| President Cleveland
| ANOTHER FARCE TAKEN OFF THE BOARDS
| WASHINGTON Oct "a tSpeefau-Ano;her farce. which
originated the Engineer Commissioners OF the DIS
rlct, was taken on the boards to-day by the supreme
Court General Term which decided tina. under the law
L
giving tho District Government authority to require that
the by plumbers shall be In accordance WIN
sanitary regulations the commissioners have no authority
require plumbers themselves 10 undergo an eAamatoh
and to be registered expense of 50 each Nobody
except reform Dstrc Commissioner would ever have
suppo,ed that the law granted authority. This is
ONLY another the in which the commissioners
have undertaken amend and extend the legislation OF
| Congress.
| BUSINESS OF THE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
| WAsuINGrON. oct. 2i-Three moro complaints from
George Rice OF Marietta. Ohio. against the standard OIL
Compauy have been received today by the Interstate
| Commerce Commission. making thirteen in all The
Commission hal no hearing to-day. Tomorrow 1t Will
arguments respecting the liability Of express COM
! paues under the Interstate Commerce law.
communication has been received by the Commission
signed In behalf fourteen commercial associations OF
Boston, anagonizing the position 81 the Boston Chamber
OF Commerce which claims that the practice OF allowing
an export rebate upon -four grain provisions and pro-
duce shipped from the west via Boston to foreign ports
il an unjust discrimination against local consumers and
seeks to practice stopped. The communication
says
While earnestly favor OF the effort n secure re-
Of the local rates nov
1891. ii0.ton ram ue.Io and points West over
York which Is more than double what sr
allowance difference OF distance nshe' we dsen tle
charged uni ust and illegal and not ~ accord
OF the Interstate law. We we"
change wheh would campel ths export
mcrchlntse shipped BY way OF Bos-
ton than Is paid shipments via New YORK as any
and would seriously interfere Win tho
/ commercial interests Of our city